[MlMt] Archiving local MailMate IMAP mailboxes using EagleFiler?

[John Cooper]

Henry Seiden wrote (at 1:10 PM on Friday, August 1, 2025):

> Hello All,
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> Is anyone having success with archiving IMAP folders with old email using EagleFiler.
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> I have unique situation where I have previous year files going back a long way back (2010) that I would like incorporate with my current email folder organization by year already organized in a specific format (from folder to mbox to eml: Message Folder>mbox>eml). I thought it would be  simple enough just as I thought EagleFiler(EF) would do it easily. Alas, it seems neither is true for me.
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> As nice as EF seems and flexible and well-supported, too, I have not been able to get a clean import migration using my existing previously migrated Mail.app data, the current MM already selected Archived folders, MacOS 15.6. Would like to know how you may have accomplished this task, what problems you ran into and overcame and if it has worked out well for you.

I don't understand the details of your process. I only export from MailMate and import to EagleFiler about once per year, and I rarely remember from year to year just how I did it the last time. I've never had a problem. I suspect that the method I use most often is to use MailMate's Commands > Export > Copy to mbox operation, and then drag the mailbox from the Finder into EagleFiler. I'd probably double-check that agains EagleFiler's manual to make sure that's one good way to do it. On the EagleFiler side, everything's well documented, so the only challenge you should face is to export from MailMate in the way that best suits the EagleFiler import process you want to use. Best of luck.

John